Weather Problems

Hey everybody. Sorry it's taken me so long to get another blog post out. Things are just getting more hectic here since Baby is starting to take less naps and it's been quite an adjustment. I used to use that time to get stuff done but now, not so much. I hope to keep up to date on this so I apologize if I fall behind again. Hopefully those of you with kids (and even those of you without) understand.

On Monday, we got a snow storm that resulted in about 6 inches of snow. This was the first snow of the year. We hadn't even had flurries before that. Plus, the temps had been in the 50s-60s for a while before that too so this was kind of a shock to our systems.

Because of the sudden change in weather, we remembered how much weather proofing our house needs. We had started to plastic the windows but with our dinky, travel size blow dryer, it's slow going. Plus, Baby hates the noise of it and she wakes up to it too so it's hard to find a good time to get it done. We have noticed the windows we have done help significantly and we can feel the difference.

This weekend, we are hoping to continue the process of more weather proofing. We have to caulk our new glass block window, leading out of the basement. Then we need to get more weather stripping for our front door because it was installed at the wrong height (long story but we're working on getting it fixed). We also plan to do more windows and put in insulation for the last foot of space near the basement ceiling to help keep our floors warmer. If you stand next to the wall versus if you stand in the middle of the room, there is a huge difference in temperature and hopefully the insulation will help that.

There are probably plenty of other things we can do but sealing up our holes, adding insulation, and plasticing the windows seem to be the big ones. We also don't have all our vents set up yet either so that's a problem. And, our furnace is to small to heat a house of this size so really, it's a losing battle. But every little bit helps!